CRAB

term for decapod crustaceans | with a short abdomen (tail) inturned under the thorax, which is covered by a more or le flattened shell or carapace. This sub-order, Brachyura, also includes forms with a soft (uncalcified) tail, such as the hermit crabs. Crabs are generally adapted for life at the sea-bottom, but shore and land crabs (Gecarcinidz) can spend a large part of their lives outside @ sea. Eng. poet; befriended by Burke, Fox, and others; took orders, and, receiving tronage of the Duke of Rutland and ord Thurlow, devoted his leisure to production of poetry. His Parish Register, The Borough, The Village, The Library, and other works are marked by homely » Of which he was a master.